US Patent Issued to Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. on July 1 for "Luggage article split along front and rear major faces" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,914, issued on July 1, was assigned to Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. (Luxembourg).

"Luggage article split along front and rear major faces" was invented by Wim De Vos (Zingem, Belgium), Erik Sijmons (Oudenaarde, Belgium), Jurgen Oskamp (Mechelen, Belgium), Ward Vancoppenolle (Mechelen, Belgium), Lukas Van Campenhout (Mechelen, Belgium), Reinhard Meersschaert (Merelbeke, Belgium) and Ward Adriaenssens (Mechelen, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A luggage article split along front and rear major faces is provided. The luggage article may include a housing defined by first and second shell portions pivotably connected together at ...